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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1958
Page
1
Weekly Cotton Report from Maricopa County highlights blooms forming in fields as squares set to become top crop, with September flowers and bolls likely. It warns of poor quality cotton from late September blooms and stresses water management, pest control, and disease presence such as cabbage loopers virus and high stink bug counts.
Mary McKinnon announces formation of a partnership with Mrs. Agnes Licklider to operate as Licklider and McKinnon Certified Public Accountants at 62 W Fifth Ave. Licklider brings a legal and academic background with degrees from Washington University Law School and University of Chicago.
Marine Pvt. Duane Washington son of Mr and Mrs Luke D Brown of Scottsdale Ariz graduated July 19 from the Third Marine Division Field Radio Operator School at Camp Koza Okinawa The four week course teaches Marines the fundamentals of setting up and operating radio equipment used in the field
Claude L. Penton, Seaman USN aboard the Pearl Harbor destroyer escort USS Silverstein, joins gun crew at battle stations after loading a projectile. He earned a commendation for smothering flames on a shipmate burned in an explosion and plans to pursue hotel work after discharge.
Lutheran church service at Ascension Church 406 E Indian School Rd features sermon The Vitality of Christianity at 8 30 a m and 11 a m with nursery for infants and small children and Sunday School at 9 45. Senior Luther League meets at 7 p m with movie by Groups II and IV.
The Happy Wanderers and other northern Arizona vacationers share recent trips. Miller family at Paint Pony Lodge visits Scott sdalians call the area enjoyable. Hogans plan Las Vegas Labor Day trip with daughters Sally and Sue. Fred Wendel toured Disney Land and Balboa Park Zoo. The McGahns drive to San Diego while Mike stays home. Mrs. Jeanne Tower and daughters visit San Francisco aboard Western Airlines. Broadway musical At the Grand plays Frisco with Paul Muni. Admiral Harold Holcomb and wife tour Albuquerque Santa Fe and Taos. Canada beckons after three weeks away. Botsford family reports returning home.
Devon Showley has been awarded a graduate stipend for study in mathematics at the Arizona State In-Service Institute for Secondary School Teachers of Science and Mathematics in Tempe. He will study under Dr. Charles Wexler, funded by the National Science Foundation. Showley teaches physics astronomy and sponsors the Astronomy Club at Sentinats High School.
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